Born: 1859, Died 1934
Married: Sophie Schade
Henry Duering, familiarily called Hy, was a farmer who branched out into related businesses in Waterloo. His up-to-date farm was located out on King St. N. where University Ave. now intersects King St. Duering had married Sophie Schade, daughter of a Waterloo business man who at one time made wooden washing machines. In 1895 he purchased Doersam’s Hotel (later City Hotel) in Waterloo but shortly sold it to Enoch Hergott. Duering had always carried on a butchering business on the farm. During the short time he owned the hotel, he closed up the hotel laneway on King St. and erected a butcher shop. He later sold the shop and returned his meat operation to the farm. He advertised that he still sold the best sausage in town. For a number of years he was an auctioneer and was much sought after for farm and estate sales. He was a valued member of the Waterloo Music Society Band and his specialty was playing the tuba. A story is told that in 1883 the Waterloo Band travelled to Buffalo, N.Y. to attend a saengerfest there. While participating in the parade, he found difficulty in playing his instrument. Later it was discovered that someone had dropped a cucumber in the bell of his instrument.
Sources:
Obituary, Waterloo Chronicle, November 8, 1934
Waterloo Mount Hope Cemetery Records
100 Years of Progress in Waterloo County, Canada
Waterloo County Councillors: A Collective Biography
Henry B. Duering Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of Henry Duering from the Ellis Little Papers. This biography has been transcribed exactly as written. Ellis Little was a local historian, who was the principal of Elizabeth Ziegler Public School.On his retirement, he invested much of his time in researching and writing about Waterloo's history. The Ellis Little Papers consist of extensive notes, papers and historical works.
- Notes
- To see the original document please visit the Ellis Little Local History Room at the Main Branch of the Waterloo Public Library
- Date of Publication
- 1859
- Date Of Event
- 1859-1934
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Duering, Henry ; Schade, Sophie ; Hergott, Enoch
- Corporate Name(s)
- Doersam's Hotel
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.51 and ELP 63.43.4
- Collection
- Ellis Little Papers: Men and Women of Our Past
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Ellis Little Papers
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
Website:
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